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Rainy day blues

November 7, 2006 by Andrea Bellamy 3 Comments

Vancouver, in the summertime, is a lovely place. Most of the year, I am thrilled to live in this beautiful city. During the summertime, (especially summers like the one we just had) when water shortages and restrictions are common, it’s almost possible to convince yourself that you must have imagined the unrelenting Vancouver winter rains.

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But then this. Over 100mm (4in) in 24 hours. Wet, wet, wet.

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My garden is like, “ehn!” Flattened.

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But before I can complain (too much) about the rain, on my walk to the grocery store I note that, judging by the moss-and-fern-bedecked street trees (which strangely I’ve never noticed until now) I do live in a temperate rainforest climate after all! And it’s what makes this city so beautiful. So, I tell myself, “quit yer whining, girl,” and am grateful for my new gumboots.

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  1. Justin Russell says

    November 7, 2006 at 9:32 pm

    I’m jealous – 100mm in 24 hours would be a Godsend in my part of the world.

    I live just outside the city of Toowoomba in southern Queensland where our water storages are down to 19% of capacity and we’re having to endure a total outdoor watering ban.

    Good golly! Vancouver sounds like paradise on earth.

  2. Sandi says

    November 8, 2006 at 8:58 am

    Glad you could see the silver lining. Without all the rain you wouldn’t have all the enormous cedar and Douglas fir trees.

  3. Andrea says

    November 8, 2006 at 9:10 am

    Thanks for the reality check, Justin, and welcome!

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